Men At Work leader Colin Hay has just rolled out a 21-date summer run in support of his upcoming covers collection, I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, due out on August 6th.
Hay, who wrote all of Men At Work's greatest hits — including "Who Can It Be Now?," "Down Under," and "Overkill" — kicks off the jaunt on August 4th in Hyannis, Massachusetts at the Cape Cod Melody Tent and winds the trek down on September 11th in Redondo Beach, California at BeachLife Festival 2021.
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself features Hay's interpretations of such classics as the Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset," Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman," the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Gerry & The Pacemakers' "Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying," the Faces' "Ooh La La," and Blind Faith's "Can’t Find My Way Home," among others.
Colin Hay, who still performs periodically under the Men At Work moniker, says that there is clearly a difference between his solo gigs and "group" concerts: ["We play between. . . between 1,000 and 10,000 people would come and see our show depending on where it is. So, it's still really quite good. So, that's quite big for me. That's a big tour. My solo tours are smaller, but it's a different kind of show. I tell a lot of stories usually, if I feel like it. I think the audience will like it, and sing songs. That's really my natural game. I'd been doing that since before I was in Men At Work."] SOUNDCUE (:29 OC: . . . Men At Work)
JUST ANNOUNCED: Colin Hay tour dates (subject to change):
August 4 – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent
August 5 – Cohasset, MA – South Shore Music Circus
August 6 – Salisbury, MA – Blue Ocean Music Hall
August 7 – Lowell, MA – Boarding House Park
August 8 – Hammondsport, NY – Point of the Bluff Vineyards
August 10 – Ocean City, NJ – Ocean City Music Pier
August 11 – Bethlehem, PA – Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza
August 13 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
August 14, 15 – New York, NY – City Winery
August 17, 18 – Alexandria, VA – Birchmere
August 19 – Charlotte, NC – Mcglohan Theater
August 20 – Atlanta, GA – City Winery
August 21 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns
August 26 – Grand Rapids, MI – Frederik Meijer Gardens
August 28 – Washburn, WI – Big Top Chautauqua
August 29 – Chicago, IL – Park West
September 1 – Arvada, CO – Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
September 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden
September 11 – Redondo Beach, CA – BeachLife Festival 2021